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Esther McVey vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

1,220 same votes 30 different votes 1,250 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
59 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
59 Aye 103 No
57 Aye 102 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
57 Aye 102 No
31 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 71 shared votes
31 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 64% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 35 No
Trade 94% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
78 Aye 32 No
Migration 95% aligned 110 shared votes
78 Aye 32 No
61 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 119 shared votes
60 Aye 59 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
1,395
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
641
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
754
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

139
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
182
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
71 of 90 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
No rebel
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023 22 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
No
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA 73 25 Apr 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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